Lazy Saturday.... with the Chicken Whisperer

Saturday the Anderson's General Store had Chick Days, a backyard poultry event. Brett had Saturday practice and scrimmage in the morning and after it was over we ran by to check it out and to meet the Chicken Whisperer! I took my camera in to get some 'chicky' moments!
We got this picture and then I made the chicken whisperer tell me why I should have chicken in the back yard. He brought up so great points and so I am definitely more on the pro side of getting chickens.... we just have to get our lives in order in all other areas before we take on raising livestock! Who Knows! we will see!

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About Time!

First of all, I know it has been almost a month..... I have a lot of fun things to share and, well, I left my camera with my pictures on it in Gulf Shores last week and I am waiting for it to be mailed so I can upload the fun for you to see! We just got back from Spring Break and I personally came back with a bundle of new fabric and projects in mind. So the next blog will be a Spring Break flashback, but this one today is a flash forward!

This is my first Georgia Southern Football Update.... Get ready Statesboro!

Spring Practices kicked off today in the Boro! "Coach G" has officially been working with the B-backs and since he coached the same position last year it has been a little easier transition for us and he is able to pick up teaching the new offense without having to adjust to coaching a different position.

I left work and headed to the grocery store and happened to drive by the practice field and saw the blue and white on the turf! It was exciting! I feel like we are so close to the new season and I am pumped!

We are finally getting a little more settled in and our weekends will be way less hectic with no trips planned! I am so glad to have some down time on the weekends so I can finish unpacking the house and get things in order.

Sorry the update is short and sweet.... but there will be more later!

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before and Bath-fter part 2!

The second bathroom was not as hard in the wallpaper stripping area.... I started the prepare the paper and when I removed a tub strip the owners had put on the top (you may see it in the shower picture below) it all started to peel off with no water or preparation! I ended up stripping the paper in this bathroom by hand, but then I had to learn how to repair sheetrock giving me another home improvement skill on my resume! The wallpaper was off-white with a watermark pattern.... not too offensive, but the paint looks way better!

I went back to my play-it-safe roots and went with a khaki color for this room. I figured, it's the master bath of a house we are renting so I wanted to keep it pretty neutral so it would still be a room that they wouldn't have to change. I love it!
Now my dillema is that I have a shower curtain in my guest bath that has tan and black in it... do I move the guest bath curtain and rugs into the master? Then my Green curtain that is currently in the master wouldn't go with the blue bath. Then I would have to buy a new shower curtain. Oh decisions, decisions! For now, I am just glad I got the bathroom painted and clean! Now on to the rest of the house!
Master Bedroom is in the works. Pictures should be ready soon!

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Too Cute!

About a year ago, I made these really comfy... and, in my opinion, very stylish pillows for the bench that was on our deck in the apartment. Max has a really big outdoor bed and so he never sat on my bench. Now we have the bench and his bed on the back deck and I can usually find him enjoying outside on his bed!

Today, I let him out in the backyard and totally forgot he was there because a repairman showed up at the door. When I relized he was still outside I looked out the window to see if he was on his bed. I didn't see him and after scanning the entire yard, I started panicking! I walked out the door and felt someone looking at me.... It was the cutest sight ever! He had decided to jump up on the bench to get in the warm sunlight! I had to share it!

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Could Statesboro be our Funny Farm?

Ever watch the movie Funny Farm with Chevy Chase? If you haven't, you need to! It is a classic 80's comedy... which to me are timeless! Andy and his wife move to the country and leave the big city. Everything seems to go wrong for them... and on top of that they have a looney mailman that throws their mail out the window as he speeds by the mailbox!

With that being said.... Brett and I have come home a few times to our mail strewn all over the yard. The mail included his new driver's license, 2 checks, hospital bills, W-2 forms, and credit card offers basically identity theft waiting to happen!

So I have come to the conclusion that whoever is doing this must be prosecuted... turns out it might be a kid getting off the bus. I say try them as an adult because they are committing a felony, Brett says they would never do that to a kid for throwing mail. Let's just say, I am a little more intese about this vandalism than he is. We have, however, set up a camera to see who the little vandal is so they can pay!

I leave you with a clip from Funny Farm.... just to show you what my yard looks like when I come home!

Before and Bath-fter

A promise is a promise..... no matter how long it takes! I have been working on getting our house unpacked and organized and orderly and it of course, is taking me longer than I hoped. But I have decided, now that I have started working full time, that I will make one room my focus each week and then slowly but surely will be finished! hopefully!

So on to room one! as you can see, I have cleverly indicated which room we will start with - the guest bath! Coincidentally this room is my favorite in the house now. When we looked at the house, I asked if I could paint the bathrooms because the wallpaper just didn't match my bath stuff or my personal taste! They told us that would be fine as long as I stripped the wall paper..... Easy enough, I thought. First off, if you ever watch those youtube instructionals on stripping wallpaper, they are messing with you when they say it is easy and then show you how easy it is! Let's just say, Amanda almost quit until her husband accused her of being a quitter. So lets just say, I got a little fired up and continued with the challenge!

When it came to picking out the paint, the problem is, sometimes I am not so sure of my personal taste! normally I would have been very plain, neutral, and safe. But I chose a color way more bold than I ever thought I would be. (PS, the color probably isn't that bold for most people but it was definitely a gamble for me!) Hope you enjoy the extreme home makeover photos. I also included the view of my hallway from the bath and from the foyer because it is one of the few walls that has art on them! More to come... once I get motivated to keep cleaning!

The guest bath with the wallpaper still on...

The transformation.... our vanity! You'll notice the two mirrors are different. I had the white mirror in my apartment and thought it would be really cute with this fun color!

The shower and toilet area...
The view from the entrance....The view of our hallway from the foyer.... I hung the pics on the wall myself!View down the hall from the bath entrance.....So, this concludes my first installment of the house before and afters! I hope you enjoyed it! I really enjoyed putting it together!

Snow day!

Friday night we saw a huge snowfall in Statesboro! We had at least 4 to 5 inches in our yard! Brett and I made a snow family in the front yard and then camped out in front of the fireplace for the night! I hope you enjoy some of my favorite pictures of our home and the beautiful scenes in our neighborhood!

Our new house covered in snow...

The field across from our yard...
The quiet lake across from our yard looked so peaceful surrounded by the snow!
Looking down the street from our house... such a cool view!

Lastly, our snow family! Max was so freaked out by them..... he thought the snowdog was real!

What a cool gift God gave us on Friday! I didn't realize how much I miss having enough snow to make snow angels and snowmen! Brett and I had so much fun playing around!

So good it will make you wanna slap yo mama!

(record scratch..... ) Ok.... so this isn't exactly what your happy family outing should look like.... physical violence should never be the answer...slapping your mama is not the way to honor her but it was so dang good I couldn't help myself!

Alright, you are wondering what in the world this is about.... Mom, Dad, and I were at home in Statesboro unpacking and vinyl laying (more on that in a later post!) needing a fun day and decided to take a trip to Savannah for the day where we visited it's most famous present day resident... Paula Deen! We got to town, found the city market and headed to put our name on the list at her restaurant The Lady and Sons.

After an hour wait (at lunch on a Tuesday) we were sent up the elevator to the 3rd floor dining room where happiness awaited us! The tea is perfect right down to the sprig of mint in the glass! You can order off a menu or do a country buffet, we elected to do the buffet....

This is of course before I knew what would hit me... I am sitting calmly with my perfect tea waiting to savor every bite of this infamous food!

1) Biscuits.... WOW!! SO GOOD! (ps: to my left you will notice a pancake as well... you get both and they are unlimited!)

2) Fried Chicken... WOW!! LITERALLY BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES!

3) Banana pudding and gooey butter cake...... WOW!! I'M STUFFED BUT THIS DESSERT IS SO GOOD I HAVE TO EAT IT!

Needless to say, we needed some Paula Deen store time to work off all that amazing food! Now, if you ever have frying pans that you want to throw out, here is a tip: Make them into a gate!

Mom felt right at home like we had been invited!

Dad... being forced to take yet another picture! But we couldn't leave without snapping one with the "Lady" herself!

What perfect food and a great day! PS: I know I have been slacking on the posting.... I have been documenting what has been going on in pictures so know it has just taken a while to get our house in order so I can justify doing more than facebook status updates! Before and afters on the house in our next adventure in the Boro!

Settling in....

ok, I know this post is incredibly late, and like you have the time to keep checking to see if I have updated! (this is my delusional side thinking people actually read what I type!)
So we have officially moved into our new house which I LOVE! It isn't clean or put together completely, but I PROMISE I will be posting some before and afters!
Lately my projects have included putting down new vinyl in the laundry (this is because I am renting and do it yourself is easier and cheaper with vinyl instead of tile!) and stripping the wallpaper in both bathrooms so I can paint them a decent color instead of look at the hideous patterns for the next few years!
I feel disconnected to the world lately. Even though I have had access to the internet, I have stayed away because it can consume me and I will never get done with anything! I finished my wallpaper stripping and felt like I needed to reward myself with some blog time so here I am!
Brett has been on the road recruiting and I have been here in Statesboro trying to get things accomplished. I can get a box unpacked but actually putting things away where I want them is tripping me up! Brett usually gets back late in the week and we are off to recruiting dinners and happy hours and banquets... usually at different tables and not spending much time together! today will be the last day he travels until April and I am so happy we will have some time off together before I start my new job! Things have moved so fast that I can't keep track of how long I have been here and I have really enjoyed the down time to work on projects!
Sewing has taken a back seat lately but I will be doing some projects I will update you on soon!
Hope you have had a great January! More to come!